Chris Cook
@xtophercook
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By me and @maxseddon: I think this is a pretty novel insight into the war. We’ve pieced together how a Russian smuggling network moved stuff from Western Europe for the war effort, but also how the architect in the middle pulled together the network.
Must read: The shadowy network smuggling European microchips into Russia via @FT @xtophercook.@maxseddon
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RT @pcaruanagalizia: “The six-week trial in a Valletta court was widely seen as a critical test of the EU member state’s ability to stand u….
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RT @FT: A small group of traders earned a $99.6mn windfall by buying Melania Trump’s cryptocurrency token in the minutes before it was made….
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RT @pcaruanagalizia: NEW: Traders made $100mn from buying Melania Trump memecoin minutes before launch via @financi….
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RT @EleanorOlcott: NEW: Huawei is building a 7nm fab in Shenzhen for its smartphone and Ascend chips, its first effort to manufacture its o….
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RT @JohnReedwrites: The Bangladeshi politician who built a shadowy global property empire. Our investigation on Saifuzzaman Chowdhury is to….
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RT @OilSheppard: Russian ship under sanction for carrying N Korea arms sails for European waters via @ft Me with @….
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RT @rafeuddin_: BREAKING: UK City minister Tulip Siddiq resigns from post in government following FT reporting into family ties and propert….
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RT @alicemhancock: EU shipyards are repairing Russian ice-class tankers and offering them dry dock facilities, enabling Moscow to continue….
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RT @rafeuddin_: NEW: The UK's City Minister Tulip Siddiq this evening faces calls to resign as a senior Labour official concedes that her p….
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RT @alessionaval: Russia trained officers for attacks on Japan and South Korea - Happy New Year X/Twitter. As first thread for 2025 I want….
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RT @walberque: Great article by @maxseddon @xtophercook on the leaked Russian documents (the 4th in a series), this time about how Russ….
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RT @maxseddon: We got a look at some potential Russian strike targets in Japan and South Korea in the event a conflict with NATO leads to “….
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seriously: a gif.
We got a look at some potential Russian strike targets in Japan and South Korea in the event a conflict with NATO leads to “horizontal escalation.” There are lots of civilian targets –including nuclear power plants. And a gif! with @xtophercook
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RT @ChristopherJM: Totally agree. And it hits you right from the start: “In Tadamon, the children know the difference between a human jaw a….
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RT @OilSheppard: Europe agrees insurance crackdown on Russia’s ‘dark fleet’ via @ft w/ @xtophercook @HenryJFoy an….
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RT @ChristopherJM: Russia appears to be withdrawing some of its Syria-based forces following the sudden fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, a….
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update! something is happening with Russian forces in Syria! heavy lifters have turned up at Hmeimim, S-400 launchers have been packed up at the base, things on the move. Not clear if this is withdrawal or sending surpluses home, but big move of materiel.
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Strikingly little movement at both places: planes standing about for 24hrs at Khmeimim. No movement of kit on quays at Tartus. The warships are outside port - but loitering nearby outside range of a rogue mortar. But - above all - the air traffic just isn't there for an evac.
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by me and @maxseddon: just not yet seeing a draw-down from Khmeimim or Tartus (feat @MassDara).
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RT @rayajalabi: An unbelievable day in Damascus: . “I’m 24yo and for every single one of those years I’ve had [Assad’s] boot on my neck, ke….
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